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1205 Banana Bread Drive

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[birdwingsandthings]

It was good Eliza didn't mention that or else Luce would have decided to go on a mission to save all the Armadillos.

"Its cool though, everyone should want one, right Armadillo?" he turned to ask the creature that was now sniffing around a little. It didn't seem to respond to Luce as it sat down between the Luce and Eliza.

"I am glad you brought it to me, thank you."

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"No problem!" says Eliza, before pausing for a bit. "Oh, and you mentioned a tea party?"

[birdwingsandthings]

Luce's eyes widen as a smile appeared on his face. "Yes, I was having one with a few of my friends." Well, plush friends. "You and Armadillo can come meet them and join up if you like."

With that he picked up Armadillo as well as he could and headed inside to his home. When Eliza steps in, she could see how everything was painted bright and friendly colors, everything was made for someone of Luce's size and nothing he could hurt himself on.

And by his bed was a low table set up for a tea party, and occupying three of the chairs were a plush bird, a plush frog and a plush green dog.

[telecosmetic]

Eliza smiles as she looks around at the house. It's really quite nice, even if a bit small proportionally for her. She smiles even wider when she sees the three plush guests, and after a bit does a curtsying motion.

"Thank you very much for inviting me," she says. "And who are these three?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"These are Bird, Frog and Dog. I always had known Bird, but I met Dog and Frog at the castle."

[telecosmetic]

"The castle?" asks Eliza curiously, even as she tries to find a spot to sit down that won't crowd her legs too much. "It's good that you were able to find more friends there, though!"

[birdwingsandthings]

Luce went to get Eliza a cup and poured some tea into it and brought it over to her. The cup, like everything else, was brightly colored and had a bird pattern on it. "The place I was before here that took me from home.":

[telecosmetic]

"Thanks," says Eliza automatically as she accepts the tea. She lets it swirl around a bit before taking a small sip. "What was it like?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"I was in the gardens a lot, so I only heard of all the bad things, like the kids being turned into birds. I died once." he is very nonchalant about that.

"I am just glad I came back to life as me."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza chokes on her tea. "Wh-what?" she exclaims. "H-how did that happen? Who did it?" Who does she have to kill if they ever show up here, she doesn't ask. At least the stammering doesn't show up in her illusionary subtitles.

[birdwingsandthings]

"I knew it was going to happen." he said, "Because I had to be judged. And she takes out people's hearts. Its okay though, I died before that three times." Talking about his previous lives was easy now.

The hims-not-hims.

[telecosmetic]

"Who judged you?" growls Eliza. She's trying not to let her anger show too much, but she can't believe someone would apparently kill a little kid over this ind of "judgement."

"Wait, what do you mean, before that?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"She is called the Hearteater. She is one of the many ghosts stuck in the castle. I feel bad for her." Luce frowned as he sat down at his table and looked at Frog and Dog.

"I had lives before this one." he said with a frown. "I remember their memories at times."

[telecosmetic]

"...huh," says Eliza, a bit more softly. She supposes that with a ghost literally called "Hearteater," you get what you expect. She decides to move away from that subject for now, though.

"Really? What...what kind of lives were they?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"One life watched a lot, and one life was hurt a lot so he wanted to hurt others, and the third life was very angry." Luce reached over to grab Bird and cuddle the plush. Lux, Luce and Luke, the three hims before him.

"I am still learning about them though."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods in understanding. "Well, um...I...I hope it's not too scary or anything, learning about your other lives. And...and I guess if you want you can talk to me about it if you learn more?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Its weird. That there were other mes before me?" he frowned. "What would you do if there were other yous before you?"

[telecosmetic]

"Well...maybe I'd do better in the classes where we were learning history," says Eliza with a bit of a smile. Although she is also giving the question more serious consideration. "I...I guess I'd try and figure out what they did wrong, and not do it again. Although...sometimes bad decisions can have good results too..."

[birdwingsandthings]

"It seemed like two of them just kept messing everything up." Luce admitted with a frown. "I should just ignore them and do what I want."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods, resting her chin on her own hand. "That sounds like a good idea," she agrees. "You have your own life to live now, after all."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Besides, they were all dumb somehow."

[telecosmetic]

"Oh? What are some of the dumbest things they did?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"First me ate a potato raw." Which was just darn silly. "Second Me just stayed in a bad place and refused to leave even though he didn't like it." Luce didn't quite get the second life just couldn't leave. "And third me- well, I haven't seen him do anything dumb yet."

[telecosmetic]

Since all Eliza has is Luce's words to go on, she doesn't quite get the nuance there either. Although she giggles a bit at the first life's actions. "Just one potato? Or more?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"A lot until he was shown they are better cooked."